There are certain milestones you do remember, your wedding day, a birth of a child and kick ass birthday party. But, do you remember a day that you had no idea what was going to happen. Now it's in history! I remember Nov 9 and 10, 1989 so vividly as if it were yesterday.

The morning of November 9th I walked to work on a very cold day. I knew it was going to be another busy day but I had no idea had wild a day it would be. I was working at the US Embassy in Berlin and along with my regular duties I was also helping Ambassador Walter's office with messages to and from the Embassy to DC. We knew at the time the East Berlin was thinking of allowing it's citizens to cross over on a visa system. This was the jest of it. At the same time I had my Uncle and two Aunts visiting and was working on paperwork to go take them over to the East sightseeing. All the paperwork was in and well for me that was one of many items on my list that day. I did not even have time to eat lunch that day, I was so busy and walking from one end of the building to the other and back. At least I was in great shape and I would rather being doing that then sitting behind a desk and a lock room. Not to many visitors were I work them. Towards the end of the day my boss said I would be working late. I did tell him I had a final to take I was working on my college degree at night. He said we were waiting on one more message from DC and it needed to be delivered to the Ambassador. Then I could go, so I waited, the only people keeping me company were the military guards and it was so quite. I took the time to catch-up on my work and around 6:15 I did receive a call from the message center to pickup a message. I was escorted to the message center by two guards, when I got there I picked up the message. Since it was for immediate delivery I would have to take it to the Ambassador's residence. I had no car so the guards took me over, I delivered the message and finally I was on my way home! It was 8:00 pm. when I arrived home everyone was in the living room, telling me the wall just came down!

I said, "no it should be, that is not what suppose to happen exactly" I sat down, stairring at the TV, CNN live and there it was ... a mass of people at all the checkpoints, the guards looking like there were loss on what to do. People on the wall, the East Germans Guards were using a water gun trying to knock folks down. Then the phone rang it was my boss saying, the wall was down, a accident but it was. He had told me the following: "At 06.53 pm on November 9, 1989 a member of the new East German government was asked at a press conference when the new East German travel law comes into force. He answered: "Well, as far as I can see, ... straight away, immediately." I am thinking to myself this guy just lost his job, and at the same time I am thinking what about tomorrow. I asked my boss should I still take my family over to the East in the morning, he asked do you have all the paperwork? "Yes, I do.", Then go and have fun, it there are any security warning I will let you know.

I watched happy for so many and the phone was ringing off the house people asking do you see it! Yes, and little did we know by 1992 the American, the Allied... we would all be leaving Berlin.

I took my family over to the East the following morning and that in-its-self is another story. One of the most vivid highlights of the next day in the East was getting stuck in one of the largest traffic jam in history. Also the Berliners would remember it as the night Berlin ran out of beer!

ps yes folks I did miss my final that day and I did ended up taking it later on in the month. I also passed :)